CONTROVERSIAL VISIT  Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev inspects a port station in the Kitovyi village as he visits Iturup, one of four islands in the chain that lies off Russia’s far eastern coast and just north of Japan, on August 22. Medvedev landed Saturday in the Kuril Islands, prompting a swift rebuke from Tokyo, which claims sovereignty over the northwest Pacific archipelago in a long-running dispute. AFP PHOTO
CONTROVERSIAL VISIT
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev inspects a port station in the Kitovyi village as he visits Iturup, one of four islands in the chain that lies off Russia’s far eastern coast and just north of Japan, on August 22. Medvedev landed Saturday in the Kuril Islands, prompting a swift rebuke from Tokyo, which claims sovereignty over the northwest Pacific archipelago in a long-running dispute. AFP PHOTO

MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev landed Saturday in the Kuril Islands, prompting a swift rebuke from Tokyo, which claims sovereignty over the northwest Pacific archipelago in a long-running dispute.

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